Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies said John Kersey, 33, lured the girl when she was walking home from school and then tied her up.

“He happens to live just a few houses down from the victim,” Lt. Paul Hopkins said. “You never know what goes on in the mind of a bad guy when they do these kinds of things -- especially such a heinous crime as this."

According to the arrest affidavit, Kersey offered the victim $10 to help him clean his shed, but once she started pitching in, he put a knife to her neck and bound her ankles and hands and then asked her if she was a virgin.

Deputies said Kersey held the victim at knifepoint while his own girlfriend was inside the house in the Vista Del Lago subdivision.

The interruption by Kersey's girlfriend may have prevented an even more serious assault on the victim, according to the affidavit.

At some point, the victim was able to untie herself and ran to a neighbor’s home. She then called 911 and told investigators what happened.

“While we had a perimeter going, our helicopters saw this man try to escape out of a window and take off on foot. Our deputies had the place surrounded and we were able to get him into custody without any injuries," Hopkins said.

Kersey was taken to a hospital after the takedown because deputies suspected he had consumed some drugs just before his arrest. He's a convicted felon who was released from state prison in July after serving two years on several charges including burglary and tampering with a witness.

He is charged with armed kidnapping, aggravated assault and resisting an officer.

LIVE AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH 2 NEWS. COVERING ORANGE COUNTY, THE MAN DEPUTIES SAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KIDNAPPING HIS 18-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR AS SHE WALKED HOME FROM SCHOOL IS NOW BEHIND BARS. INVESTIGATORS SAY 33-YEAR-OLD JOHN KERSEE TRIED TO RUN WHEN ORANGE COUNTY BLOOD HOUNDS SNIFFED OUT HIS TRAIL. WESH 2'S AMANDA OBER JOINING US LIVE WITH THE LATEST DETAILS. AMANDA? MARTHA, ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, IT WAS A TIMELY INTERRUPTION BY THE SUSPECT'S LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND THAT MAY HAVE PREVENTED A MORE SERIOUS ASSAULT ON THIS TEENAGE VICTIM. 33-YEAR-OLD JOHN KERSEY FACES A SLOUGH OF CHARGES INCLUDING ARMED KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. HIS TUSSLE WITH DEPUTIES WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO BY THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER. DEPUTIES USED BLOODHOUNDS TO TRACK KERSEY INSIDE THE VISTA DELL LAGO SUBDIVISION IN SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY. HIS ATTEMPTS TO FLEE FAILED WHEN SEVERAL DEPUTIES WITH SOME HELP FROM A HELICOPTER TOOK HIM DOWN. ACCORDING TO THE ARREST AFFIDAVIT, MONDAY AFTERNOON KERSEY OFFERED HIS 18-YEAR-OLD FEMALE NEIGHBOR TEN BUCKS TO HELP HIM CLEAN OUT HIS SHED. BUT ONCE SHE STARTED PITCHING IN, KERSEY PUT A KNIFE TO HER NECK AND BOUND HER ANKLES AND HANDS THEN ASKED IF SHE WAS A VIRGIN. BUT NOT LONG AFTER KERSEY'S LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND CAME OUT TO THE SHED AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT. KERSEY SOON TOOK OFF AND HIS ALLEGED VICTIM ALSO RAN HOME WHERE HER FATHER CALLED 911. NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN VISTA DEL LAGO, A GATED COMMUNITY, SAY THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY IS SHAKEN. YES I AM AFRAID. ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE MY GRAND KIDS HERE. EVEN THOUGH MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS 19 I DON'T LET HER GO ANYWHERE BY HERSELF NOW. AFTER KERSEY'S ARREST HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE DEPUTIES SUSPECTED THAT HE HAD JUST INGESTED SOME DRUGS. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE AT SOME POINT TOMORROW.